<p>I think this could be helpful to internationals. Some schools simply take next to no international grad students. I don't know how much it fluctuates per dept if at all.</p>
<p>But a short list of schools that do take quite a few internationals and are solid biomed schools would be nice.</p>
<p>I think I can list a few right off the bat. Plez add some if you notice I'm missing any. If I'm mistaken, plez say so.</p>
<p>-Rockefeller---they have no preference for US residents.
-Yale
-UPenn
-Columbia</p>
<p>My methodology might be flawed, but I determine how "international-friendly" schools are by going through their grad students listings page and seeing how many foreign names I find.</p>
<p>Are we talking whole schools that are international-friendly or just departments that are international-friendly? Is this a distinction that should be drawn?</p>
<p>Indeed. I think the department matters a hell lot more than the school in general. </p>
<p>People keep saying Penn is international-friendly. But a cursory glance at their biology department would suggest otherwise. Their website states very explicitly that their funding for international students is extremely limited, their faculty website that lists grad students would correlate this as well.</p>
<p>If you define "an internationals-friendly school" as "a school that takes many internationals", then I would say: "generally", the lower the tier is,the more the school takes internationals.</p>
<p>The pay for bio-scientists sucks, and PhDs are over-qualified. For applicants who are US residents, they are two extremes: highly enthusiastic students with good credentials and students who don't know what to do.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, most internationals are just inbetween. That's why internationals are hard to get into top schools in biomed like Stanford, Harvard...etc.</p>
<p>As mentioned above, Rockefeller is an exception. But I don't think Duke, Upenn, and Columbia would take too many internationals. </p>
<p>Sloan-kettering? only about 6 positions a year, barely internationals. For those internationals who did BS or work in US, I think they are more like domestic. Many schools reject internationals because of lack of judging criteria and understanding.</p>
<p>For schools that take many internationals:</p>
<p>Rockefeller (about 50% are F1 students, but they took 29 out of 590 last year)
BCM (about 30%)
UT-HSC-Houston (about 30% I guess)
U Mass Med (up to 40%)
Boston U - MCB (used to be 40%, but 0% for last year)
UConn-HSC (30%)
UT southwestern (many, but not sure %)
Vanderbilt IGP (10-15 students)</p>
<p>If you define "an internationals-friendly school" as "a school that takes many internationals", then I would say: "generally", the lower the tier is,the more the school takes internationals.</p>
<p>I don't believe this at all. </p>
<p>"Unfortunately, most internationals are just inbetween." </p>
<p>Grotesque generalization that can't be backed up by proof.</p>
<p>Meh the only schools worth applyin to in that list...at least for me, are Rockefeller and Baylor.</p>
<p>hey guys,
So have a question that is kinda related to this topic. I plan to apply for graduate school this year and just started looking for any possible universities that I wanna apply.</p>
<p>My interest is stem cell and I know that California is currently the heaven for stem cell research. Stanford and some UCs are some that I'm aiming for.</p>
<p>However, i heard that UCs are not really international friendly. Is it true for all good UCs (UCBerkeley, UCLA, UCSF and UCSD)? or is it just for UCSF that is fully state funded?</p>
<p>My stats: UWashington, 3.7, bio-related major, 2.5 years undergraduate research experience, Int'l student
Based on this stats, is it worth trying those UCs?</p>